Reports and Publications
State of Nature Report
The State of Nature Report 2023 – Biodiversity Volume
Publication year: 2024
‘The State of Nature Report 2023 – Biodiversity Volume’ is largely based on a ten-year summary…
The State of Nature Report 2022 - Trends and Threats Volume
Publication year: 2022
The State of Nature Report presents concise spatial and temporal information of the threats affecting our…
The State of Nature Report 2018
Publication year: 2018
The State of Nature 2018 report by Hamaarag incudes data on changes in open areas, long-term…
The State of Nature Report 2016
Publication year: 2016
The State of Nature 2016 report describes the status and trends in the natural open spaces…
The State of Nature Report 2015
Publication year: 2015
The State of Nature 2015 report is a periodic report describing trends in Israel’s natural areas…
The State of Nature Report: Israel’s Aquatic Habitats 2014
Publication year: 2014
This report surveys the state of the aquatic habitats (rivers, springs, salt flats and winter ponds),…
The State of Nature Report for the Mediterranean Sea 2013
Publication year: 2013
This report is the second in a series of State of Nature reports published by HaMaarag.…
Report on the State of Nature 2010
Publication year: 2011
The first report on the State of Nature produced by HaMaarag was written by Tamar Achiron-Frumkin…
Biodiversity Monitoring
2014 Annual Report
Publication year: 2015
The 2014 final report assesses HaMaarag’s achievements during this year and the activities conducted this year…
Biodiversity Monitoring in Agricultural Systems – Conceptual Framework and Literature Review
Publication year: 2013
This report presents a summary of the conceptual framework for monitoring Israel’s agricultural systems, that was…
Israel’s National Ecosystem Assessment Program - literature review and developing a work plan
Publication year: 2012
The monitoring plan booklet, which includes a comprehensive literature review on the field of biodiversity monitoring,…
Monitoring survey in the Hula Valley, 2014
Publication year: 2014
This report reviews the current monitoring program in the Hula Valley and offers recommendations for the…
The National Ecosystem Assessment Program
Publication year: 2011
The handbook of the assessment program, from 2011, includes the operating principles of the program that…
Monitoring Nahal Ashlim
Ashalim stream monitoring - Fifth year summary
Publication year: 2023
A booklet of abstracts from the seminar held to sum up the fifth year of monitoring…
Ashalim stream monitoring - Fourth year summary
Publication year: 2022
A booklet of abstracts from the seminar held to sum up the fourth year of monitoring…
Ashalim stream monitoring - Third year summary
Publication year: 2020
A booklet of abstracts from the seminar held to sum up the third year of monitoring…
Ashalim stream monitoring - Second year summary
Publication year: 2019
A booklet of abstracts from the seminar held to sum up the second year of monitoring…
Initial results from the monitoring of the polluted Ashalim Stream indicate extensive damage to the ecosystem
Publication year: 2019
Poster presented at the 47th Annual Conference for Science and the Environment [in Hebrew].
Monitoring the Evrona Reserve
Evrona Nature Reserve monitoring - Fifth year summary
Publication year: 2021
A booklet of abstracts from the seminar held to sum up five years of the monitoring…
Evrona Nature Reserve monitoring - Fourth year summary
Publication year: 2020
A booklet of abstracts from the seminar held to sum up four years of the monitoring…
Evrona Nature Reserve monitoring - Summary of years 2016-2018
Publication year: 2019
A booklet of abstracts from the seminar held to sum up the monitoring program in the…
Extensive oil contamination in a hyper-arid desert ecosystem: initial results from Evrona nature reserve
Publication year: 2018
A poster presented in the the 51st annual conference for science and the environment.
Ecosystem Services
Overview - Ecosystem Services in Israel
Publication year: 2021
This document presents a cross-sectional analysis and insights from the Key Findings report of the “Ecosystems…
Ecosystems and Human Well-being: detailed chapters
Publication year: 2021
Detailed chapters which contain all the relevant material collected while working on the “Ecosystems and Human…
Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Key findings report
Publication year: 2019
This document presents a summary of the main information regarding the services that Israel’s ecosystems provide…
Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Midterm report
Publication year: 2017
The report presents key findings regarding the benefits that Israel’s ecosystems provide to the country’s population,…
From Planning to Operation – the Ecosystems and Human Well-being Project
Publication year: 2014
The handbook summarizes the planning stage of the project, presenting abundant information regarding the formation and…
Proceedings – Symposium on Ecosystem Services
Publication year: 2012
Abstracts of expert lectures presented at the symposium on ecosystem services in Israel organized by HaMaarag…
Surveys
Survey: the use of animals in agricultural space and agricultural damage
Publication year: 2021
A survey focusing on the use of animals in avocado and citrus groves in the Hefer…
Bottleneck survey
Publication year: 2020
A survey examining how animals use “bottlenecks” was conducted during 2018-2019 by Hamaarag for Israel’s Nature…
Articles
Distance from human settlements favors wild-type appearance of feral cats (Felis catus) in Mediterranean woodland
Publication year: 2023
Shahar Dubiner, Itai Namir, Ron Chen & Eran Levin’s article was published in the journal Ecology…
Unexpected consequences of afforestation in degraded drylands: Divergent impacts on soil and vegetation
Publication year: 2023
Stavi Ilan, Khandakar R. Islam, Mohammad A. Rahman, Yulia Gusarov, Jawad Laham, Orr Comay, Uri Basson,…
Three years after extensive pollution of the Ashalim River – assessment according to the monitoring program
Publication year: 2020
The article, written by Dr. Rael Horwitz, Dr. Ron Chen, Dr. Ittai Ranan and others, was…
The consequences of climate change on eco-systems in Israel, and ways of adaptation
Publication year: 2020
The article, written by Dr. Rafi Kent and Dr. Michal Sorek, was published in January 2019…
The transformation of open spaces and the impact of development on birds in Israel – insights from the State of Nature in Israel 2018 report
Publication year: 2020
The article, written by Dr. Michal Sorek, Dr. Idan Shapira, Dr. Hila Shamon, Harel Dan and…
Limiting factors of Striped Hyaena, Hyaena hyaena, distributionand densities across climatic and geographical gradients (Mammalia: Carnivora)
Publication year: 2019
Hila Shamoon & Idan Shapira’s article was published in the journal Zoology in the Middle East,…
In nature conservation there is no compassion to be found in inaction
Publication year: 2018
The article was published in 2018 in the Hebrew-language Journal “Ecology and Environment” of the Israel…
National scale mapping of ecosystem services in Israel – genetic resources, pollination and cultural services
Publication year: 2018
Alon Lotan, Reuven Kost, Yael Mandelik, Yoav Peled, David Chakuki , Shiri Zemah Shamir & Yael…
Spatio-temporal activity patterns of mammals in an agro-ecological mosaic with seasonal recreation activities
Publication year: 2018
Hila Shamoon, Shlomo Cain, Uri Shanas, Avi Bar-Massada, Yariv Malihi & Idan Shapira’s article was published…
Giving the Mediterranean Sea a “barely sufficient” score – adjusting the international health of the sea index for Israel
Publication year: 2014
The article, written by Anat Tsemel, Dr. Aviad Scheinin and Dr. Dr. Yair Suari, was published…
The National Program for Monitoring the State of Nature and Biodiversity in Open Landscapes in Israel
Publication year: 2012
The article, written by Dr. Naama Berg, Orit Ginzburg and Prof. Avi Perevolotsky, was published in…
Posters
Variable influence of settlement proximity on temporal activity patterns of mammals in Israel
Publication year: 2021
A Poster presented in a convention
Initial results from the monitoring of the polluted Ashalim Stream indicate extensive damage to the ecosystem
Publication year: 2019
Poster presented at the 47th Annual Conference for Science and the Environment [in Hebrew].
Mapping Israel's Landcover – An open data source for environmental planners and ecologist
Publication year: 2018
A Poster presented in the 46th Annual Convention of the Israeli Society of Ecology and Environmental…
Extensive oil contamination in a hyper-arid desert ecosystem: initial results from Evrona nature reserve
Publication year: 2018
A poster presented in the the 51st annual conference for science and the environment.